Vacuum laminating device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10328681-B2
Application number	US-201514743220-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2015
Priority date	Mar 24, 2015
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed is a vacuum laminating device and a method of using such a vacuum laminating device to laminate a first object and a second object together. The vacuum laminating device comprises a first platform, a second platform, and a lifting pushrod that are receivable in a vacuum chamber; a bottom surface of the first platform is provided with a first adsorbing surface suitable for adsorbing the first object; the second platform is disposed below the first platform and configured to be movable up and down below the first platform so as to make a laminating contact with the first platform, and an upper surface of the second platform is provided with a second adsorbing surface facing the first adsorbing surface and being suitable for adsorbing the second object; and the lifting pushrod is disposed within a region where a central region of the second adsorbing surface is located, configured to be movable up and down independently below the first platform so as to push up a central portion of the second object so that the central portion make a laminating contact with the first object firstly. With the vacuum laminating device, air bubbles are expelled out from center to both sides of the laminated object, so that air bubbles are efficiently expelled out during a vacuum laminating process, and thereby de-bubbling processes are omitted and a laminating yield rate is significantly improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vacuum laminating device for laminating a first object and a second object together, comprising a first platform, a second platform, and a lifting pushrod that are receivable in a vacuum chamber, wherein
a bottom surface of the first platform is provided with a first adsorbing surface suitable for adsorbing the first object;
the second platform is disposed below the first platform and drivable by a driving unit to move up and down below the first platform so as to make laminating contact with the first platform, and an upper surface of the second platform is provided with a second adsorbing surface facing the first adsorbing surface and being suitable for adsorbing portions of the second object other than a central portion of the second object;
the lifting pushrod is disposed within a region where a central region of the second adsorbing surface is located such that the central portion of the second object is not adsorbed by the second platform, and is configured to be movable up and down independently below the first platform so as to push up the central portion of the second object to cause the central portion to make laminating contact with the first object before other portions of the second object on either side of the central portion make laminating contact with the first object;
and the second platform is further configured to, in a state where the central portion of the second object is in laminating contact with the first object and the lifting pushrod is directly below a center region of the first adsorbing surface, move the other portions of the second object on either side of the central portion upward so that the first object and the second object are completely laminated with each other.

2. The vacuum laminating device according to claim 1 , wherein the second platform comprises two half-platform structures spaced apart from each other, and the lifting pushrod is configured to be able to extend through a gap between the two half-platform structures so as to push up the central portion of the second object.

3. The vacuum laminating device according to claim 2 , wherein the second adsorbing surface has two halves each being provided on top of a corresponding half-platform structure.

4. The vacuum laminating device according to claim 1 , wherein the central region of the second platform is provided therein with a space for receiving the lifting pushrod, and the lifting pushrod is configured so that its top is able to extend out from the space above the second adsorbing surface to push up the central portion of the second object.

5. The vacuum laminating device according to claim 1 , wherein a top of the lifting pushrod is provided with an arc surface for contacting the second object.

6. The vacuum laminating device according to claim 1 , wherein the lifting pushrod is made from rubber.

7. The vacuum laminating device according to claim 6 , wherein an adsorbing sheet is provided on the first adsorbing surface, made from polytetrafluoroethylene, and is provided with a plurality of adsorbing holes in its surface.

8. The vacuum laminating device according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of adsorbing holes are configured to achieve an adsorption to the first object through a differential pressure between outside and inside of the adsorbing holes.

9. The vacuum laminating device according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of adsorbing holes are connected to vacuum pipelines respectively.

10. The vacuum laminating device according to claim 7 , wherein fixtures are provided at a periphery of the first platform, for securing the adsorbing sheet to the first adsorbing surface.

11. The vacuum laminating device according to claim 6 , wherein the second adsorbing surface is provided therein with a plurality of adsorbing openings, which are connected to vacuum pipelines respectively.

12. The vacuum laminating device according to claim 6 , wherein the first platform is made from metal, and the second platform is made from rubber.

13. The vacuum laminating device according to claim 6 , further comprising said driving unit for driving the second platform and the lifting pushrod to move up and down independently.

14. The vacuum laminating device according to claim 1 , wherein the first adsorbing surface is configured for adsorbing a liquid crystal screen, and the second adsorbing surface is configured for adsorbing a glass plate.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Boe Hebei Mobile Display Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Dapeng
• Cui Hongwei

Classifications

• B32B2309/12

  Pressure · CPC title

• B32B37/1018 Primary

  using only vacuum · CPC title

• B32B2457/202

  LCD, i.e. liquid crystal displays · CPC title

• B32B37/003

  to avoid air inclusion · CPC title